Co-founders Manuela Zoninsein and Denis Lussault finally tell the startup story they never share in pitch decks: why Kadeya exists and how their paths—from sustainability, systems thinking, and automation—collided to tackle a $2T single-use problem.

In this episode you'll hear about:

• The spark: convenience vs. sustainability doesn’t have to be a trade-off
• Manuela’s path from China/Brazil to Palantir to water & systems
• Denis’s world of automation—and why moving pallets ≠ real efficiency
• Early Kadeya experiments, first pilots, and the moment it felt “real”
• The big mindset shift: from “just water” to a platform for beverages

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